PT · 2015 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Portugal, 2015
In 2015, Portugal's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 6.6% compared to 2014, reaching 48.3%.
The figure is in line with the EU-27 average of 48.3%.
Portugal ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.9% (from 51.9% in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.